The Baroness Howarth of Breckland, OBE, who died 23 March, 2025, aged 84, was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, a life peer.
Valerie Georgina Howarth was born 5 September, 1940.
She was appointed OBE in 1999 for her services to Childline, and raised to the peerage for life in 2001, as Baroness Howarth of Breckland, of Parsons Cross in the County of South Yorkshire,
She was one of the board members of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Baroness Howarth became the Chair of Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) in 2008.
She was the former Chief Executive of ChildLine and also worked for many years at Chief Officer and Assistant Chief Officer level in social services departments. She served on the board of the Food Standards Agency, was a trustee for a number of Children's charities, and was a patron of the National Youth Advocacy Scheme.
She was vice-chair of the National Care Standards Commission and was secretary to the All Parliamentary Children's Group.
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